Passenger register



N. RICH. yPASSENGER REGISTER. APPLlcAUou FILED Nov.15. 1920.

1,436,533. n ,y l PatentedNov. 21,1922.

NVENTOR ATTORN EY Patented Nov. 21, H922.

UNITED STATES NICK RICH, 0F HAILEYVILLE,

OKLAHOMA.

PASSENGER REGISTER.

Application tiled November T0 all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, NICK Riou, a citizen oi' the United States` residing at Haileyville. in the county oif4 Pittsburg and State oE Oklahoma, have invented new and useful Improvements in a Passenger Register, o which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a register, and more particularly to a register to replace the reminder tickets given passengers by railwa f conductors. Y

nite requentlfT curs on passenger trains, reminder tickets. and also by the izailure of the conductor to remember the particular station at which certain passengers desire to leave the train, and it is an object of this invention to provide a register which will eliminate the use or' the usual pasteboard tickets given to the passengers placed in the seat-back in i'ront o'l" them or slipped in mens hat bands, which register will eliminate any misunderstandings which might arise Jfrom the loss oi such tickets and which will provide an indicator which is clearly visible from the isle oi the passenger cars to the conductor or other train man at what station the passenger in the seat desires to leave and also the number of passengers which desire to alight at such station.

More specifically. the invention. comprehends the provision of a passenger register comprising a panel bearing a plurality of suitable indicia and carrying a rod upon. which indicators are mounted to designate certain ci said indicia, which indicia in turn represents stations along the route of the train on which the registers are mounted and also may embody means ior illuminating the register Whenever one of said indicators, which are detachable, is mounted on said rod.

Other objects of the invention will appear in the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawingivherein;

4 ig. 1 is a Jfront passenger register.

Fig. 2 is a front view of the register showing it open to permit the placing of indicaters on the rod.

Fig. 3 is a detailed section taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2 and illustrates one of the indicators mounted upon the rod.

Fig. 4 is a detailed section on the 4--4 of Fig. 2.

iuifninderstanding ocby the loss of these elevation of the improved line 15, 1920. Serial No. 424,284.

Fig. 5 is a front elevation, partly in section, of a modified form of the passenger register.

Fig. 6 is a cross section through the modified form oi' register taken on line 6-6 of Fir'. 5.

Fig. 7 is a detailed section of the modified form of register taken on the line 7 7 oi Fig. 8 is a diagrammatic view of the electric circuit in the modied form of register.

Referring more particularly to the drawings the improved passenger register comrises a casing 1 which is attached by suitable attaching means through the medium or' the taps 2, to the side of a passenger coach in close proximity to the seat, it being desirable to position one of the registers alongside of each seat in a passenger coach. The casing 1 has its edge 3 horizontally connected at 4 to the main body thereof to permit access to the interior of the casing. transparent panel 5 is mounted in the casing frame, and terminates short of the Width of the casing, its free edge adapted to be engaged by the inner i'iree edge of the glass or transparent pane G which is carried by the horizontal edge The transparent panels 5 and 6 may be attached to their respective parts of the casing in any suitable manner.y such as by channel attaching members 7. rhe hinged edge 3 has its lower end folded inwardly as shown at 8 for engagement over the adjacent edge of the bottom 9 ofV the casing 1 and this folded edge 8 carries a staple 1() Which is shaped to be inserted through a hasp 11 carried by the bottom 9 and to receive the shackle 12 of any suitable type of lock 13 therethrough for locking the casing to prevent malicious tampering with the register.

A panel 14 is mounted in the casing 1 and is divided into a plurality of bosses 15 the uppermost of which bears the Words Station number7 While the succeeding 10 spaces bear the numbers 1 to O inclusive. The space directly below the space which carries the 0 has the word Passengers printed thereon while the space directly below this space bears the numbers 1 to 4 inclusive.

A. rod 16 is carried by the casing 1 being attached thereto in any suitable manner and it is adapted to support indicators 17 which are removably mounted thereon, and may be spaced at any position along the r to indicate the desired number of station at which the passenger in the seat at which the register is mounted desires to leave the train. The indicators 1l are placed on the rod by the conductor and are held securely in place against dislodgment by movement or vibration of the train, by set Screws 18. In use, indicators l? are placed on the rod 16 to indicate the number ot' the station and number ot' passengers, for example, if two passengers desire to leave the train at station number 350, the conductor places the indicators 'll' on the rod i6 to indicate thc spaces 3, 5 and (l and an indicator to indicate the space 2 below the title Passengers The indicators iT are preferably in a plurality of colors such as red, white and blue, the colors of the flag of theUnited States of America, the sequence of which is Well known to every one, thus in placing the indicators 17, the conductor will place the red indicator at space 3, the White indicator at space 5 and the blue indicator at space 0, and thus can tell by a glance that there are two passengers to leave the train at station number 350. Black indicators may be provided for use when it is necessary to use four of them to indicate the number of the station.

As it is sometimes quite dark in passenger coaches it might be dilicult for the conductor to readily read the register and, therefore, it may be desirable to coat the indicators and numbers on the panel 14 with a. phosphorous paint so that they however, a modified elusive, wherein an electric lamp 30 is provided to illuminate the panel 14. The modified form of comprises a casing 1 similar in construction to the casingr l having its edge 3 I thereto in t e same manner as the edge 3 and is connected to the casing 1. However the casing 1 is preferably deeper Within the casing edge to provide a space for receiving a battery 3l. from which the electric current is supplied to energize the lamp 30. The battery 31 may be of any approved conventional type and it has one of its terminals connected to the lamp 30 as shown in the cirt cuit diagram as shown in Fig. 8, While its other terminal is connected to the panel il. The panel 14 is supported Within the casing by supports 32 of insulating material so as to completely insulate the panel 14 from the casing 1. The lamp 39 has its terminal 23 opposite the terminal to which the battery 31 is connected and connected by suitable contacting Wire 34 to a spring clip 35 which is removably mounted upon the rod 16. The ends of the rod 16 are threaded or otherwise suitably mounted in the collars 36 of insulation carried by the top and bottom of the casing 1 to insulate the rod from the casing. The indicators 17 are constructed of metal, and when mounted upon the rod 16 engage against the panel 14 closing the electric circuit through the battery 31, the panel 14', rod 16', Wire 34, lamp 3() and back to the battery ture Without causing energizing of the lamp 30 when an indicator 17 is mounted upon the rodl the spring clip 35 may be removed from the rod 16 thus forming a break in the circuit. A suitable supporting bracket 37 is provided for supporting the falling downwardly in the casing 1 out of reach of the operator of the register.

It is, of course, to be understood that the invention may be constructed in various other manners and the arts associated in other relations and, there ore I do not desire to be limited in any manner except as set forth in the claims hereunto appended.

Having thus described my invention what I claim is:

1. In a passen er re ister a casin a central partition tiiereing and5 g thereon,l a

ble section being carried by said hinged edge, said rigid and movable transparent sections engaging in edgewise relation.

ed upon said rod, said casing having one side edge hingedly su ported at one end, a front ransparent side or said casing formed of' a casing. 

